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<p>In summer 2020 a £1 billion catch up package was announced to help to tackle the
impact of lost teaching time as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak, including a £350
million National Tutoring Programme (NTP) for disadvantaged students.</p><p>The NTP
programme for 5–16-year-olds has two pillars:</p><ul><li>Schools can access high quality,
subsidised tuition support from approved Tuition Partners</li><li>Schools in the most
disadvantaged areas have been supported to employ in house Academic Mentors to provide
tuition to their pupils</li></ul><p> </p><p>In addition to the 5-16 programme, the
government made available up to £96 million to support small group tuition for 16–19-year-olds,
which is delivered through the 16-19 tuition fund, and £9 million to support the improvement
of early language skills in reception classes this academic year.</p><p>Schools can
choose from a variety of tuition models through Tuition Partners, including online,
face-to-face, small-group and one-to-one tuition, dependent on the needs of pupils.
Tuition is available in English, Mathematics, humanities, modern foreign languages,
and science for secondary pupils, and literacy, numeracy, and science for primary
aged pupils.</p><p>Since the launch of the NTP in November 2020, over 232,000 pupils
have been enrolled to receive tutoring from over 5,400 schools. Our ambition is to
offer tuition to 250,000 pupils. Of those enrolled, over 173,000 have already commenced
tutoring.</p><p>The department estimates that over 400,000 young people will have
been eligible for tuition through the 16-19 tuition fund in academic year 2020/21.
The 16-19 tuition fund enables further education colleges and sixth forms, including
independent training providers, to arrange one-to-one and small group tuition for
disadvantaged students whose education has been disrupted because of the COVID-19
outbreak.</p><p>In February 2021, the department announced a £700 million plan to
continue to support young people to catch up on lost education, including an £83 million
expansion of the NTP for 5–16-year-olds. This brings the total funding for the next
academic year to £215 million. We also announced an additional £102 million to extend
the 16-19 tuition fund for next academic year.</p><p>As part of the education recovery
plan announced on 2 June<strong>, </strong>the department shared plans to invest additional
funding to help further expand tuition support. This includes:</p><ul><li>£218 million
of new funding to be directed to the Tuition Partner and Academic Mentor pillars of
the NTP. This is in addition to the £215 million already announced to be invested
in the academic year 2021/22</li><li>£579 million of funding will be provided to schools
to develop localised school-led tutoring provision using new or existing school staff.
This will work alongside the NTP offer and will see tutors directly employed by schools</li><li>£222
million to fund an extension to the 16-19 tuition fund for two further years from
academic year 2022/23.</li></ul>
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